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Wallace Smith Broecker

American scientist.

Born November 29th, 1931 in Chicago. [ref]

Died February 18th, 2019 at 87 years old in Manhattan (congestive heart failure). [ref]

Occupations
biogeochemist, environmentalist, geologist, geophysicist, oceanographer, university teacher

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner